# QOwnNotes v26.9.0 — Release v26.9.0

- Product: QOwnNotes (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes)
- Vendor: Patrizio Bekerle
- Date: 2026-08-31
- Version: v26.9.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/releases/tag/v26.9.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/qownnotes/releases/v26.9.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add a new editor setting to disable highlighting and applying of Markdown text formatting across multiple lines, enabled by default
- **changed** — Whitespace markers in the note editor can now use a separate foreground color configured in the editor color scheme
- **added** — Add an Insert footnote action to the Edit menu and note editor context menu that inserts a footnote reference with the next free number, adds the footnote definition at the end of the note, and jumps there to enter the footnote text
- **changed** — The Joplin importer now preserves notes' original modification dates, allowing imported notes to be sorted by their actual update time

##### 26.9.0

- Added a new editor setting to disable highlighting and applying of Markdown text
  formatting across multiple lines; it is enabled by default
  (for [#3690](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3690))
- Whitespace markers in the note editor can now use a separate foreground color
  configured in the editor color scheme (for [#3670](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3670))
- Added an **Insert footnote** action to the _Edit_ menu and the note editor context
  menu that inserts a footnote reference with the next free number at the current
  cursor position, adds the footnote definition at the end of the note, and jumps
  there to enter the footnote text (for [#3714](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3714))
- The Joplin importer now preserves notes' original modification dates, allowing
  imported notes to be sorted by their actual update time
  (for [#3715](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/pull/3715), thank you, @MySkeletonHurts)

##### Released files

- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage: Portable Linux AppImage build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-x86_64.AppImage.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the AppImage
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Snap package
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap: Linux Snap build with Qt 5 for older environments
- QOwnNotes-Qt5-amd64.snap.sha256sum: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 5 Snap package
- QOwnNotes.zip: Windows ZIP package built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256: SHA-256 checksum for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.zip.sha256sum: Alternative SHA-256 checksum file for the Qt 6 Windows ZIP package
- QOwnNotes.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 6
- QOwnNotesQt5.dmg: macOS disk image built with Qt 5 for older systems